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No. 259,790. I Patented June 20, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

' JOSEPH AUSTIN, 0F NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF WONE-HALF TO T HE NONANTUM WORSTED COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WOOL-COMBING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 259,790, dated June 20, 1852.

A Application led October 5, 1881. (No model.) K

To all whom, it may concern Beit known that I, JOSEPH AUs'rnv, a citizen ot' Great Britain, now residing at Newton, iu the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vool-Combing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the same are fully described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying draw- This invention relates to improvements in wool-combing machines, and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figurel representsaside elevation ot'a woolcombing machine; and Fig. 2 represents the machine in part plan and in part section taken on the line A B, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a bottom view ofthe wool-combing machine.

Similar letters refer to similar parts whereev'er they occur on the different parts ot the drawings.

ct aa represent the rolls ot' uncombed wocl.

b b b represent the boxes or blocks, having passages for the wool, and c represents the large circular comb for combing the long wool, as usual. The rolls a c a, the boxes bb b, and circular comb c all rotate together in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2.

d d represent the small circular combs, as usual, for taking the short wool from the large circular comb c. The small combs d d are rotated in the direction shown by arrows in Fig. 2, in the usual manner.

eand E are grooved rollers for taking the long wool from the large circular comb c, and f is a grooved carrying-apron for conveying the long wool to the'grooved rollers e and E. The apron f is guided over the rollers ght'and 4o grooved roller e, as usual.

7c is a grooved carryingiapron carried around the rotary corrugated roller Zand guide-roller m, which apron serves, in combination with the rotary corrugated roller a, to draw any remain- 4 5 ing long wool from the small circular comb d, and to convey it with the other combed long wool to the usual rotary delivery-tunnel, O, and its delivery-chute o.

Heretofore in come instances the long wool 5o drawn by the rollers e and E and fromthelarge circular comb c has been conducted to the endless traveling apron 7c, and between it and thc periphery ot' the small comb cl and its grooved roller n, and from the latter to the rotary delivery-tunnel O, and in other cases it has been conducted from thelarge circular comb directly to the main tunnel, whence itlel't the machine.

In such cases, however, the wool dropped down and sagged in its travel on the apron, or from thelarge circular comb to the main tunnel, and thereby caused the grooves of the rollers Z and n to be clogged up by the wool, by which the lower part ot' the apron k was very much injured, or else the breaking of the sliver necessitated the frequent stoppage of the machine to clear the rollers l and a from the overlapping wool or piecing of the sliver. To avoid such ditticulties the long wool from the rollers e and'E in my machine is not conducted Vto the endless apron 7c or directly to the main tunnel, 7o but instead to an intermediate rotary tunnel,

p, located in astationary bearing, and rotated i by means of a cord or belt from a rotary pulley located in a suitable manner to convey the desired motion to the rotary tunnel p, and after receiving a twist in passing through said rotary tunnelp the wool g is conducted to pass between the traveling apron k' onthe roller l and an additional corrugated roller, r, from which it passes to the usual rotary delivery- 8o tunnel, O, and delivery-chute o, and thencein- 'to the ordinary receptacle ior the lap. It will thus be seen that the long wool from the large circular comb c, after passing between carrying-apron fand rollers e E, is not conducted to the carrying-apron k, as of old, but instead through theV intermediate rotary tunnel, @and between rollers l r to the delivery-tunnel O, by which the-Wool is prevented from clogging on t the apron 7c, the latter is saved from injury, 9o and no stoppage of the machine is necessary to clear its rollers l u; besides, a saving in the waste of the long wool is accomplished as compared with the old manner of conducting the long wool from the large circular comb c to the delivery-tunnel O.

7c', l', m', and n are duplicate parts of the means k, Z, m, and n for carrying the long wool from the second small circular comb, d', to the common deliverytunnel O. v roe e', E', f, g', h', i,p,and r are duplicate parts ofthe means e, E,f, g, h, i, p, and r for taking the long wool from a diametrically-opposite side of the large circular comb c, as shown in Fig. 2, and delivering it to the common delivery-tunnel O. The belts 7c 7c f f are preferably lnade ot' leather and grooved or corrugated, so as to make the wool adhere thereon when conducted from the combs to the delivery-tunnel.

S and S represent spouts into which the short wool is carried from the respective small circular combs d and d', to be delivered in suitable baskets located below the machine or on the floor, as usual.

The actuating mechanism of the operative parts ofthe machine isas usual, and is carried out as follows:

c is a toothed ling, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) and is secured to the lower part of the large circular comb c, which latter rotates with its feeding-boxes b b and carriage for carrying the wool a, as usual.

1 is a vertical revolving shaft, setin motion as usual. On shaft 1 are secured pinions 2 and 3, the former gearing into pinion 4, which is loose on the stud 5. On the stud 5is another loose pinion, (i, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) which gears into pinion 7, secured to shaft 8, which shaft is also provided with pinion 9, gearing into the toothed ring c for turning the large circular comb c, feed-boxes b b, and carriage for the wool a. Said pinion 9 also gears into asimilar pinion,10,(shownindotted lilies in Fig. 3,) which latter gears into the toothed ring D', secured to the under side ofthe small circular comb d. The pinion 3 gears into the gear-wheel 12, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) which gear is attached to thelarger gear 13, both being loose on the stationary stud 14. The gear 13 gears into pinion 15,

secured to shaft M', to the upper endof which the roll m' is secured for carrying the corrugated belt k' and conveying a rotary motion to the corrugated rolls Z', u', and 1'. The pinion 15 also gears into pinion 16, loose on stud 17, for conveying the motion to pinion 18, which has secured to it the pinion 19, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) both ot' said pinions being loose on the stationary stud 20. The pinion 19 gears into gear-wheel 21, secured to the shaft G', to the upper end ot' which is secured the corrugated roller E', and by which motion is conveyed to the beltf and its rollers e,g, h', and i. On the shaft G is secured a pulley, 23, by means of which and a belt or cord', 24, a rotary motion is imparted to the tunnel p. By similar duplicate parts the motion is conveyed to second small circular comb-gear, D, and its comb d, to the rollersbaft M for the roller m, its corrugated belt k, and rolls l n r', as well as to the shaft G, with its roller E, and thence to beltf and its rolls e, g, h, and 1', and the rotary motion is also conveyed to the tunnel 19 by means ofthe cord or belt 24 and pulley 23.

tt t t are the supports of the machine, as usual.

'What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.#In a wool-combing machine, the rotary circular comb c, its rollers c E, and carryingapronf, in combination with the intermediate rotary tunnel, p, the rotary rollers l r, and delivery-tunnel O, and suitable means for operating said members, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Ina wool-combing machine, the rotary circular comb c and internal rotary comb, d

rollers e E, carrying-apron f, rotary tunnel p, apron k', rollers l', m', n', and r, and the delivery-tunnel 0, and suitable mea-ns for operating said members, alleombined and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

JOSEPH AUSTIN. Witnesses:

EDWIN A. YALE, RrcHD. W. SARGENT. 

